Silversunset01
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Congrats to everyone who built a base!! Its time to close the voting out and announce the winners:
BEST GROUP BASE goes PICO with 11/20 votes!
BEST 1-2 PERSON BASE is tied between BERMUDALOCKET & BLUE_AVOCADO and BUZZIE71 with 6/20 votes each!!
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4 minutes ago, DoctorTim58 said:
As I mentioned, the nobility of this cause is notable, but ultimately still reinforces the possible use of the phrase for negative connotation. By placing restrictions upon it, despite it's full availability in private messages and clanchats, it still will still make autistic individuals feel more isolated if they have to be told something is supposed to offend them.
Its not a matter of telling someone they *should* be offended. We've reached a point with this particular meme that people are already offended and this was the course of action we chose to take. The intent was never to draw attention or make a big deal of it, but here we are.
If you have other concerns feel free to find me in-game or in discord and perhaps I can answer your questions better.
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10 minutes ago, DoctorTim58 said:
I do understand why some viewed it as needing to be banned, but by banning it we don't do any good for those it would possibly offend.
I want to clarify, we have not flat out said "this is a banned phrase" we're asking people to keep it out of public spaces. This would apply to any phrase or statement that falls under the rules we have currently:
QuoteNo harassment or excessive trolling
No bigotry / hate speech including but not limited to ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, and religion.
No disruptive arguments/discussions in global chat
Initially there was no plans for us to even have to make a public statement regarding this, staff were instructed to have a private conversation when it came up in the hopes that it would die down on its own. It appeared that some people had the wrong impression of this and so we've decided to put this out so everyone has the same information.
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Just a note, we've decided to push this back 2 weeks to Saturday September 2nd @ 6pm EDT to allow people more time to finish the survey!!
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Please note, i'm locking this thread and all future inactivity posts should be made here.
Thanks!!
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Its about time to make this post official. Welcome to the Staff Inactivity Notices thread!
What is this post for: This post is to alert players as well as other staff that you will not be available for extended periods of time.
Why do we need an inactivity notice? As you are aware every 8-10 weeks we go through all staff members usage and evaluate their activity levels to prevent security risks from inactive accounts as well as keep the list of active staff current so players know who they can contact if they need help. An inactivity notice lets us know that you'll be gone for a bit and that you haven't been run over by a herd of wildebeest or abducted by aliens.
When should I post?: Any time you'll be away from nerd for a period of time that is outside the norm for you. I don't want to force people to tell us every time they take a two-day trip, but we do need to know if your absence will be outside of your normal playing schedule.
for example: if you only play Thursdays- Sundays due to school commitments we really don't need to know if you're taking a Monday-Wednesday trip since we wouldn't normally see you then anyways.
With that being said, generally any absence of a week or more should be reported so we don't get worried!What should I post?: We only need to know the dates/length of time you'll be gone. Additionally if something does come up in real life (and it does, all the time) just drop a note as soon as you're able so we can count it.
For example:
- Hey guys! I'll be gone for the next 10 days or so on a cruise!
- I'll be unavailable from August 1 to August 10th
- Going on an exciting murder mystery weekend trip, hopefully i'll be back on the 21st but you never know...
- Sorry something came up the last month and I've been unable to get in game, will let you know when I'm back.FYI: As this thread goes on we may modify the above instructions to better fit the needs/desires of staff. If that happens we'll do our best to make sure people know about it.
Thanks!!
p.s. for posterity and also for those who have already posted, here is the link to the initial thread that was being used for this purpose.
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Its been noticed that a number of players are using "reee" in general chat, and it has come to light that this is often used in a derogatory/abusive manner towards people (please see this Know your Meme article if you'd like more information on the background of it).
We are not convinced that any of our players are using this meme in an intentionally derogatory way however it may not be apparent to those who are affected by it. As we are attempting to keep our servers friendly and open to everyone we are asking people at this time to please refrain from using this meme in general chat/mumble.
As a reminder: what goes on in your clanchats is entirely up to you, we do not actively moderate them.
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to staff.
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Hello all, we're going to be moving forward with a number of permission changes upon our services and reflected on the staff page and will be contacting each individual to keep them informed of this change. Data for this was gathered from June 1st through August 12th.
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Based on activity, we'll be moving the following people from current staff to inactive:
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The following people will be moved from the inactive staff to our past staff section:
- Mumberthrax
- amossylog
- StarMinion1
- Wondrland
- There are an additional 4 staff members who will be contacted regarding their activity levels to ensure we're doing all we can to assist them with any queries or issues, and make sure they're still available to participate as a staff member.
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Based on activity, we'll be moving the following people from current staff to inactive:
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Welcome to the Nerd.nu August 2017 News Digest!
Below you will find a summary of all the cool stuff that's going on this month. Admins will make their announcement posts as usual and they will be compiled here to make it easier to locate them.Community Wide:
- Dont forget to follow @nerdnugaming on twitter!
- New Lobby contest is live! - ends October 8th 11:59pm EDT
- 2017 Fundraiser wrap-up post
PvE:
Creative:
- Speedbuild - Every Saturday 9pm EST
- Speedbuild Arena Contest - Ends 1-week prior to revision ending (TBD)
Minigames:
- FFS Friday - every Friday at 9pm EST
Prior months posts can be found below
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As promised here is the voting for the best bases of the fundraiser! Please choose your favorite from two categories - BEST GROUP BASE and BEST 1-2 PERSON BASE.
The full album of images can be found here - voting will stay up for 1 week
BEST GROUP BASE:
- The Fireplace
- Ironpact
- PicoBEST 1-2 PERSON BASE:
- Bermudalocket & blue_avocado
- buzzie71
- kednys
- ppgome & Grimwaltz
- king_of_queso
- tuxywhale & marcuszodiakApologies if i didn't find your base, its hard to tell in that maze of a city :)
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Time for another financial update!
During the fundraiser we recieved $3,165 in donations, after fees that means we get to keep $3,063.76 which puts us at about 17 months of funding!
We are currently paying for two servers - the primary one where pve, creative, event, and minigames run while the secondary server hosts the forums, map downloads, and some of our critical backup information.
We again entered into a 1-year contract with our server host, which brought our primary server from $135USD/month down to $113USD/month (until February 2018). The secondary server is still $51CAD/month, and the forums are $25US/6 months. We've also got some fees to register the wiki and forum domains and pay for the forum software.
Below is a summary of our expenses since the last fundraiser, and the document we use to track expenses can be seen here.
Funds Forums Other Primary Server Secondary Server Balance 2016 6 JUNE 2,844.38 (135.00) (49.88) 3,544.55 7 JULY (13.69) (135.00) (50.07) 3,345.79 8 AUGUST 9.31 (25.00) (135.00) (49.41) 3,145.69 9 SEPTEMBER (135.00) (50.46) 2,960.23 10 OCTOBER (135.00) (49.46) 2,775.77 11 NOVEMBER 37.84 (135.00) (48.66) 2,629.95 12 DECEMBER (135.00) (48.53) 2,446.42 2017 1 JANUARY (135.00) (48.28) 2,263.14 2 FEBRUARY (25.00) (135.00) (49.70) 2,053.44 3 MARCH (113.46) (49.80) 1,890.18 4 APRIL 47.85 (113.46) (49.05) 1,775.52 5 MAY 23.77 (113.46) (47.75) 1,638.08 6 JUNE 23.77 (113.46) (48.52) 1,499.87 7 JULY (13.75) (113.46) (50.26) 1,322.40 8 AUGUST 3,063.76 (113.46) (52.54) 4,220.16 -
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If youre trying to connect to P or C you wont be able to, they are down for the weekend for the Annual Fundraiser - come play with us!
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Updates to the gameplay
- Gameplay Balancing
- Community Maze prizes have been set up, information here
- Event Prize tracking can be found here
- Zombie Stashes now have a chance to drop diamond picks, swords, and loose diamonds!
- Zombies have a higher chance of dropping guns when you kill them!
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Hey all - as a reminder the fundraiser is THIS WEEKEND (Fri Aug 4-Sun Aug 6).
For a bit of a change of scenery the information post is on the wiki. Enjoy!!!
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Just a reminder - this weekend guys!!!
more info will be posted soon(tm)
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Kumquatmay has joined the mod team and has been trained by heads and perms set up.
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1 hour ago, AvadaKedavra said:
can the servers stay open so those of us who don't like fundraisers can play normally?
We'll be closing down the other servers as usual for the event **however** we are not doing the normal CTF this year we're trying something totally different (details to come later).
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We wanted to let everyone know that the 2017 fundraiser is almost here! The 1.12 update has pushed things back a tiny bit but things are going smoothly. As of right now we are looking at the first weekend in August, provided nothing blows up between now and then.
We don't want to give away TOO much just yet....
...but in the meantime here is a little video to get the hype-train moving!
- The Head Admins
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for the record (i dont have totemo's note). I've also pinged hollifer as a reminder this is still open.
Added By Note Time Added Server Hollifer Warned for minor grief on C. 1 year, 6 months ago c.nerd.nu -
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Welcome to the Nerd.nu July 2017 News Digest!
Below you will find a summary of all the cool stuff that's going on in the month of July. Admins will make their announcement posts as usual and they will be compiled here to make it easier to locate them.Community Wide:
- Dont forget to follow @nerdnugaming on twitter!
- Schererererer's lobby is now live!
- 1.12 Update JULY 9th!
- 2017 Fundraiser Teaser!
PvE:
Creative:
- Speedbuild - Every Saturday 9pm EST
Minigames:
- FFS Friday - every Friday at 9pm EST
Prior months posts can be found below
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32 minutes ago, Forever_A_Steve said:
you need to disclose what type of spawners they are.
I don't particularly agree. It's fun trying to guess and explore - it's nice knowing how many are left but giving away all the information up front takes away part of the fun.
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4 hours ago, Zomise said:
Questions:
Since it's not considered ban evasion when they rejoin with another account, what happens if for example on P they'd request access to their own chests for their alt account? I'm assuming this would not be given, since identity couldn't always be 100% confirmed, but would like to get a clarification. Would it simply be a padmin decision either way (not sure if C has locked chests)?
The point of this thread is to alert people to the change - If someone chooses to use their name change in a way that is judged too close to another user *and* staff makes the decision to ban it will be at admin discretion whether an alt account is added to chests/regions.
Why is this an exception for the ban evasion rule? Would we enforce ban evasion rules, when we ban a player with a racist name and tell them they can join once they've changed their name, but they instantly join again with an alt?
Each instance will be handled on a case-by-case basis, having an account banned in this case is *not* a free-pass to use an alt.
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The below text (in italics) has been added to the rules page (located at nerd.nu/rules) to clarify the player impersonation rule.
QuoteNo impersonating other players, particularly staff
This includes both claiming to be another person or staff, as well as changing your screen name in a way that can be thought to be another user. In these instances your account may be banned until you can change the name again.
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The only things i can think of right now to comment on:
Ores: We've not really done much with rails this rev because we dont have as much gold as we normally do. Yes, we can do something like netherhunting but that becomes difficult the more people are in the nether, we've always done fine obtaining it via mining. Having the ores at non-standard levels has made mining more difficult if you want to target specific ores. But not impossible
Testworld: Unless there is a way to instantly travel from "where i am now" to "my test area" i actually prefer it on creative (also because world edit....srsly). With mapworld we have to travel to spawn and find the warp sign, and then clear our inventory and tp in. Then travel back. If its on creative i can /creative, /home testing, and then /pve when i'm done. They've left the old test world up for two weeks to let us move thiings over to the new test world and wipe the 'derp' or unneeded builds.
Other: The map size was great, I love that we're spread out and the placement of the portals has worked well. Biome bundle seems to have worked wonderfully this time around, the terrain is just lovely. I do miss some of the larger group events (like mob arenas) but the AG stuff is quite nice for those with odd availability and time zones.
Rule Clarification: Chat Rules Clarification
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Clanchats are opt-in and as such we do not moderate them the same way global is moderated. If someone reports harassment or some other serious offense we may look into it but otherwise if everyone in the clanchat is fine with it, anything goes.